[PD] Human interface Devices for PD

[padawan12]

Derek, I like the cavalier treatment of electrical reality as "just another
signal processing block". Probably works with any of those old pre 90s volume
pedals that are just basically a log pot wired to a jack socket. Tom Schouten
who I met at the Pd summer school showed how to wire up controller pots
to Pd through USB using a $2 pic. You could pretty much connect anything 
up as an input device for very low cost. 
  
start that here
https://packets.goto10.org/

and choose one or more of these
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transducer

these look fun 
http://www.ejenterprises.tv/
http://www.bandajamoncrudo.com/theturntable.html



On Sun, 30 Jul 2006 23:55:59 +0200
derek holzer <derek at x-i.net> wrote:

> Hi Wade,
> 
>  > I was hoping for a midi footswitch that can can operate like a
>  > pitch-bending wheel on a keyboard, and/or a rotating pad like a
>  > turntable that I can interface with PD somehow. Just using MIDI
>  > keyboards and audio input signals to control syntesis is kind of 
> limiting.
> 
> I use a simple expression pedal (Behringer makes one for about EUR 25), 
> and run [noise~] out one of my Hammerfall HDSP channels through it and 
> back in, then use [env~] on the other side to see how much the pedal 
> attenuates. This works quite well for my purposes. I usually assign this 
> pedal to either a channel gain or some kind of filter parameter. Seems 
> like this would cover what you want out of the midi footswitch you 
> describe (except the center divet on the pitchbend wheel).
> 
>  > What would be even better would be if someone can point me to a kit I
>  > could build myself that I could hook up to a variable resistor, like a
>  > pan-pot, that could interface with PD in a continuous way (obviously
>  > there would be some sampling rate involved).
> 
> * Arduino
> * MultiIO by Christian Klippel
> * Doepfer also makes some MIDI kits
> * hack a USB joystick and replace the joysticks with a suitable pot
> * check some of the "sensors" threads on this list for other ideas
> 
> You're right, though, there should be a page somewhere on this stuff!
> 
> best,
> d.
> 
> thewade wrote:
> > Hello again my favorite list!
> > 
> > I am wondering if there are any human interface devices that provide a 
> > continuous amound of control, like Ms Pinky does for Max?
> > 
> > I was hoping for a midi footswitch that can can operate like a 
> > pitch-bending wheel on a keyboard, and/or a rotating pad like a 
> > turntable that I can interface with PD somehow. Just using MIDI 
> > keyboards and audio input signals to control syntesis is kind of limiting.
> > 
> > Has anyone here hooked up Scratch or Ms Pinky to PD?
> > 
> > What would be even better would be if someone can point me to a kit I 
> > could build myself that I could hook up to a variable resistor, like a 
> > pan-pot, that could interface with PD in a continuous way (obviously 
> > there would be some sampling rate involved).
> > 
> > Lastly, in the future is there a resource somewhere I should check first 
> > before asking questions like this here? I didn't see anything at 
> > puredata.org on this...
> > 
> > Thanks everyone!
> > -wade
> > 
> > 
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